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dybbuks

dybbuks is the plural of dybbuk.

Meaning of dybbuk

Noun

dybbuk (plural dybbuks or dybbukim)

  1. (Judaism) A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
    • And who am I? A dybbuk—a demon of all shapes and no shape. My profession is forced entry into the minds of mortals; my speciality is Jews.1993, Ellen Galford, The Dyke and the Dybbuk, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 6

Questions about dybbuks

What is dybbuks the plural of?
Dybbuks is the plural of dybbuk.

Words near dybbuks in the dictionary

  1. Dybases
  2. dybbed
  3. dybbing
  4. dybbuk
  5. dybbukim
  6. dybbuks
  7. Dybell
  8. Dyble
  9. Dybo
  10. Dybo's law
  11. dybs

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